Board of Directors

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Nebraska Board of Directors helps chart the Foundation’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization.

As a whole, the board determines the Foundation’s mission and vision. It selects, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer. The board also protects the Foundation’s assets, enhances its public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity and assesses its own performance.

CHAIRMAN
Jim O’Connor
Baird, Holm Law Firm

VICE-CHAIR
Jim Smith
OPPD

TREASURER
Dave Ruback
Radio Engineering

SECRETARY
Jim Eggleston
Metro Group

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Mike McMeekin
Lamp, Rynearson & Associates, Inc.
 

DIRECTORS

Stephen Ames
FDC Publishing
Columbus, NE

Stuart Bartruff
Wells Fargo Bank

Bill Dugan
Lattin-Dugan-Chambers Funeral Home
Fremont, NE

Tommie Frazier
Lincoln, NE

Brian Grady
Great Western Bank

Ted Hubbard

Michael J. King
Travel & Transport, Inc.

Kelly Kirchhoff

Robert Leavitt
General Service Bureau, Inc.

David J. Myers
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, NE

Julie Robinson
Norfolk, NE

Heidi Schneiderman
Arbonne International

Deb Selby
Liaison/Omaha Friends Council

Ben Titus
Mutual of Omaha Bank

Dave Webster
Webster Design Associates

Jayne Westering
Grand Island, NE

Linda Younes (Paul)
Liaison/Kearney Friends Council
Kearney, NE

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chairman
Harlan Falk
Great Western Bank

Scott Dye
Baird Holm

Bob Egermeyer
Fun Services

Gary Gates
OPPD

David Kirkwood
Tenaska

Dr. Jim Manion
Creighton University

Anthony Messineo
Val Limited

Trey Mytty
Omaha Truck Center, Inc.

Gary Perkins
Children’s Hospital

Mike Williams  
Williams Deras & Assoc.